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Susan Campbell QC practices in all areas of family law; both public and private proceedings. Although based in London, her practice takes her to courts throughout England and Wales. She has particular expertise in cases involving injury to children, having conducted many cases relating to brain injured babies. A large part of her practice concerns the serious fact finding hearings relating to emotional harm, sexual abuse and neglect.

She is regularly instructed on behalf of both public bodies and private individuals, and undertakes publicly funded work. Family Finance also forms an important feature of her work; for which she accepts privately paying instructions only.

Susan is regularly involved in training seminars and lecturing.

Notable recent cases involve

Securing return of children to their parents where the local authority alleged induction or fabrication of illness in one child, requiring surgical intervention over a 12 year period (cross-examining experts about FII – previously known as “Munchausen by proxy”)

Securing return of two children to a mother who was alleged to have allowed her child to be subject to repeated sexual abuse

Successfully defending a step-grandparent who faced allegations of causing fractures to a baby

Allegations of poisoning of child over an extended period with prescription drugs and allegations of arson

Allegations relating to unusual inflicted injuries and sexual abuse of infants and children

Contested rehabilitation of infant child to her parents in circumstances where an older child of the family died at the hands of a parent; human rights issues were engaged

An infant death case which preceded criminal proceedings for murder – raising important issues about confidentiality and issues relating to access by the police to expert reports and other material generated by the fact finding process

Frequent cross-examination of medical experts in relation to the interpretation of brain pathology, neurology, histopathology and radiology

Fact-finding cases where children have died as a result of inflicted injury or suffered life threatening injuries

Issues relating to questions of publicity of information from care proceedings to the press and generally

The use of the inherent jurisdiction to place children over 17 in secure accommodation

Issues in the Court of Protection relating to urgent interim removal of an elderly adult from home against her will

issues relating to osteopenia of prematurity and osteogenesis imperfecta in relation to fractures in children

Court of Appeal decision relating to the adequacy of judgment and case management decisions – representing the Children’s Guardian

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